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of them because of the interweaving branches. To suc- 

 cessfully grow trees like those the forests produced, we 

 must endeavor to create forestal conditions. 



In 1892 I planted 10,000 white pines, purchased of 

 Robert Douglas' Sons at Waukegan, 111. They were two 

 years old and averaged perhaps a foot to 14 inches in height. 

 They were planted in rows 4 feet apart, and the trees were 



ARBOR LODGE. 

 Home of the late J. Sterling Morton, at Nebraska City. 



4 feet from each other in the rows. They were cultivated 

 as corn is cultivated, the furrows going first east and west 

 and then north and south. They have made a remarkably 

 fine growth, both as to height and circumference. Many of 

 them are from four to five inches in diameter and from 18 

 to 20 feet in height. It is with difficulty that a man can 

 walk among them, and last summer when the drought and 



